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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Matthew 24:32-51
The Lord interrupts His prophetic discourse to exhort His own to watchfulness and to service. Judgment is going to fall suddenly on the world. It will strike unbelievers and mockers. It will equally extend to the indifferent, the undecided, the children of Christians who are not at the same time true children of God. Perhaps that is the case with you? "Therefore be ye also ready," says the Lord to each one (v. 44). In v. 45 a lovely field of service is put before those who have been chosen: to distribute among others the nourishment of the Word (Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 1:12). There are two conditions to be fulfilled: faithfulness in getting to know this Word and not departing from it; wisdom in applying it to the needs and circumstances of others. But in the great house of Christendom, bad servants are also to be found. They have harshly ruled over souls; they have been drunk with the pleasures of the world (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:7). The reason for their behaviour is that in their inmost being they do not believe in the return of the Master. The servant of Christ can only be faithful and wise in keeping this precious secret: each day he is waiting for the Lord. "My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning" exclaims the author of Psalms 130:1-8.
